| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
We missed the elimination of Scott Seiver, but we wouldn't be surprised if his chips found their way to Ole Schemion, who has vaulted up the counts and now sits with 85,000.
Meanwhile, at that same table, Sam Trickett got involved in a hand against Pierre Neuville. It began when France's Kevin Dodelande limped and Neuville did the same from the button. Trickett then raised to 1,500 from the small blind, Schemion folded the big, and the other two players called to see a flop of 
.
Trickett bet 2,600, Dodelande folded, and Neuville raised to 6,300. Trickett thought for a long time before making the call, and then both players checked the 
turn as well as the 
river. Trickett tabled the 
for nines and sevens, which was good as Neuville mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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12,500
9,500
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9,500 |
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Busted |
Super High Rollers were the talk of the table, and at a neighbouring table as Fabian Quoss listened in: "I can hear about 60% of what you are saying!"
Zachary Kerik, Charlie Carrel, Isaac Haxton, and Sam Cohen all had differing opinions on what it meant to play a 100k tournament. "€100k tournaments are all about money rather than attention," said Haxton. "Yeah, but when you've got 10% of yourself, that's not a lot of money" retorted Cohen. Carrel piped up: "But 10% of 1.2 million is still a lot of money." Kerik offered his opinion: "People play them to get on Pokernews and for other players to talk about them"
Back to the action and Fady Kamar, who had stayed silent during the Super High Roller debate continuation bet a flop of 
and found two callers in Sam Cohen and Charlie Carrel. The on the turn was checked around, and Kamar bet out 4100 on a river of the 
. Cohen called and Kamar tabled 
but he was beat by Cohen's 
Meanwhile there was a roar from the Super High Roller. Every single head at the table looked over to see what the commotion was about. Whatever it means to play a Super High Roller, fellow poker players are still interested in them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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24,000 | |
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21,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
With approximately 6,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, John Duthie, the founder of the EPT, checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 3,000 from PCA champ Kevin Schulz, who was sitting in the under-the-gun position.
When the double paired the board on the river, action went check-check and Duthie showed the 
. Schulz smiled and flashed the 
, knowing full well he could have lost a lot more had the board ran out different.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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40,000
23,200
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23,200 |
There are plenty of tough tables in the Main Event today, but only one has the right to be called the TV table. As the PokerStars Blog explains here.
George Danzer's massage might need to be extended following a couple of difficult hands against Antonino Venneri.
In the first, Danzer bet 1,150 on a flop of 
and Venneri called. On the turn, Venneri turned aggressor, raising to 8,000 over Danzer's initial bet of 3,000. After a long tank Danzer's hand went into the muck with a dull thud.
A couple of hands later, Danzer min-raised to 800 from early position, with Venneri calling on the button and both blinds folding. On a board of 
Danzer check-folded to Venneri's bet of 1500. These hands left him with around 10,000 in chips whilst Venneri moved closer to starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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10,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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An under-the-gun player opened for 1,325 and action folded to Ole Schemion in the big blind. The German wunderkind opted to defend and then both players checked the flop. When the appeared on the turn, Schemion led out for 3,350 and his opponent quickly folded.
Schemion shot up his arms, smiled his cheeky grin, and flashed the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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109,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Matthew Volosevich opened for 1,000 under the gun only to have Dominik Nitsche three-bet all in for 9,000. Action folded back to Volosevich, who snap-called.
Volosevich: 
Nitsche:
Nitsche's big pocket pair was crushed, but salvation was to be had as the 
flop delivered him a third fish hook. Neither the turn nor river harmed Nitsche, and he doubled through Volosevich.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
11,000
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11,000 |
